Britain Recognizes Red Rule in China
Britain grants full diplomatic recognition to the Chinese Communist regime and cuts ties with Chiang Kai-Shek's Nationalist government. The move shifts Anglo American policy, with U S officials deeming recognition premature while several nations already followed suit. Bevin sends Peiping note stating Communists control most of China and will be recognized on equal terms with sovereignty.
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Washington
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China
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Burma
India
Pakistan
Ceylon
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Copenhagen
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Denmark
United States
Truman
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Southeast Asia
Colombo
Boy Swallows Peanut and Chokes to Death
A four year old boy, Roy Perley of Rochester, Minnesota, choked on a peanut last night. Ernest Perley and his wife called police as their son began choking. He was rushed to a hospital where police and doctors applied artificial respiration but the boy died on arrival. Doctors believe the peanut pressed a nerve, partially paralyzing him.
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Roy
Eleanor Roosevelt Rejects Run for President in 1952
Worcester report says Mrs Roosevelt calls suggestions absurd and says time is not ripe for women to seek higher office. She urges women to forget gender and vote as citizens during remarks at the 32nd annual union agricultural meeting. A separate item notes Billy Leonard Jr. was cut lip after colliding with a car, treated at hospital, later released.
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Worcester
Mass
Eleanor Roosevelt
Union Agricultural Meeting
Billy Leonard
William Leonard
E. Park Ave
Oakland Ave
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Truman lays out 1950 goal of 61 million jobs and growth
President Truman presented a 1950 economic plan aiming for 61,000,000 jobs and a seven percent rise in output to 277 billion dollars, with potential to reach 64,000,000 jobs in five years. He urged broad cooperation among business, labor, agriculture, and government, while seeking modest credit curbs and continued anti inflation measures.
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Senate
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State of the Union
Brannan
Auto Kills Man Walking on Road
Otis Jerauld a 73 year old Waukesha man was killed when struck by a car on Highway KX east of Waukesha. The driver Howard Schuitt 20 said he had no time to stop. Jerauld died instantly from a fractured skull. Funeral rites set for Saturday from Brett Funeral Home Milwaukee with burial in Seattle Washington. He is survived by his widow Mabel and two sons in Seattle.
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Waukesha
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Jerauld
Johnson
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Milwaukee
Seattle
Wash
Mabel
Snay
Prep Game Sold Out at Waukesha High School
Rupple in charge of ticket sales said the basketball game with Wauwatosa tonight is a complete sellout. All seats are taken and nonreservations cannot be accommodated. The Waukesha Daily Freeman notes a 21 cent weekly price due to Monday’s absence and holiday observance for New Year’s Day.
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Waukesha High School
Wauwatosa
Rupple
Freeman
Waukesha
Anti Histamine Kills British Children Findings Warn Ban
The Lancet reports overdoses of anti histamine drugs killed several British children who reportedly ate tablets prepared from the medicine as candy. It calls for banning nonprescription sale and requires prescriptions, noting manufacturers limit under 12 use to half a tablet.
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The
Lancet
Poisons Board of
British Home Office
Britain
Easy Access Info Courthouse Burglary Spurred Security Review
The county faces a courthouse burglary with 140 dollars stolen from the county clerk and treasurer offices. Doors have worn locks from 1893 and can be opened with a knife or skeleton key. The public property committee considers tougher entry controls after inspecting East avenue and basement doors, noting pass keys may remain with former officials.
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County Public Property Committee
Richard Sylvester
Sylvester
East Avenue
Sheriff's Department
Cold Weekend Predicted Across Wisconsin and Midwest
Weather forecasts show warmer air reaching southeastern Wisconsin briefly before a new cold front lowers temperatures again. Temperatures near 10 to 15 above tonight rising to 25 to 30 tomorrow, with a low of 1 yesterday in parts and a trace of snow this morning. Across the Midwest, ice storms disrupt Memphis and Pennsylvania to Arkansas, with widespread outages and closures as rain and freezing conditions continue.
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Midwest
Oklahoma City Birds Frozen by Sudden Cold Wave
In Oklahoma City Lake Overholser 125 red winged blackbirds were trapped by a blue northern. Rangers sprayed salt, then chipped ice from each bird with picks and shovels. About 25 to 30 birds were freed after 80 minutes while 50 froze to death and others were eaten by cats.
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Oklahoma City
Oklah
Liars’ Club
Lake
Overholser
Oklahoma City Game Rangers
Loven to be installed as Kiwanis lieutenant governor
William T. Loven of 127 E Newhall Ave will be installed as lieutenant governor of the southern division of Kiwanis during the Midwest mid winter council in Milwaukee. The Wisconsin Upper Michigan district council gathers at Hotel Schroeder with 84 clubs and 6,000 members. ceremonies Sunday night will install Loven and other district officers. Loven, a Carroll College graduate, has led accounting at Wisconsin Gas and Electric in Waukesha for 20 years and has 11 years Kiwanis service including club president in 1946. He serves on local commerce boards and is a Presbyterian trustee. The governors banquet at 6:30 p.m. features Dr John H Nickell presenting past officers with buttons.
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E. Newhall Ave
Kiwanis
Milwaukee
Wisconsin-Upper Michigan
Schroeder
Leven
Carroll College
Waukesha
Wisconsin Gas and Electric Co
Cooney
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Waukesha Association of Commerce
First Presbyterian Church
John H. Nickell
Oconomowag
Mrs. D. J. Hemlock 81 Dies in Waukesha
Mrs. D J Hemlock 81 longtime Waukesha resident and early abstractor died today. She and her late husband Daniel J Hemlock ran an abstract firm on Grand Ave and she was active in Beacon Lights club St Josephs Altar society and church work. Pallbearers from Knights of Columbus will attend. Friends may call at Gaspar funeral home after 9 am Saturday with a vigil Sunday evening. Surviving relatives include son Allen and nieces Mrs D B Grosskopf of Waukesha and Miss Cora M Gill of New York City.
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D. J. Hemlock
Waukesha
Daniel J. Hemlock
Grand Ave
Gaspar
West Main St
Allen
Grosskopf
Cora M. Gill
New York City
Municipalities League to Meet in Waukesha
Mayor Edwin H. Honeyager announced a one day meeting of the League of Municipalities to be held at the Avalon hotel in Waukesha on February 15. The session will include representatives from southeastern cities such as Wauwatosa West Allis Milwaukee and Racine and marks the first of five successive one day meetings planned to cover the entire state.
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League of Municipalities
Edwin H. Honeyager
Avalon Hotel
Wauwatosa
West Allis
Milwaukee
Racine
League
Five Nolenda children die in Missoula fire tragedy
MISSOULA Mont. Five children, all siblings of Mr and Mrs Leo Nolenda, were burned to death when their home burned today. Three other Nolenda children suffered critical burns and were hospitalized. Two further Nolenda children escaped, and an unidentified boy staying with the family survived.
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Nolenda
Five Free WSB, Four Are Caught
Five Wisconsin School for Boys youths fled yesterday with four recaptured or accounted for by nightfall. Two Missouri arrestees were in doubt as federal charges loom over a stolen car driven across state lines. The escape involved rapid movements including two runs at 6:20 pm and 9:04 pm, with police recovering three in railroad yards and one later recaptured. FBI action pending state handling.
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Sullivan
W.st. Paul Avenue
William Stavsky
Missouri
Stavsky
Arnold Rein
Caples Hall
Carroll
Center Street
Starsky
FBI
Two Milwaukee Bus Drivers Face Traffic Charges
Milwaukee Suburban Line Bus Co drivers Robert Smith and Arthur Meier appeared in municipal court amid state patrols on county highways. Smith pleaded guilty to three charges including failing to stop at arterial crossings, while Meier pled not guilty to faulty brakes and signals. Trial set for Monday.
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Sheriff's Department
Robert Smith
Arthur Meier
Brookfield
Smith
Meier
Milwaukee Suburban Line Bus Co
Wauwatosa
Scott Lowry
Pewaukee
Herbert Potter
Robert Olson
Barstow St
Sullivan
W. Main St
Railroads Cut Gas Trains to Save Coal in Wisconsin
Milwaukee Road cancels two gas powered passenger trains Nos 7 and 8 through Waukesha effective midnight Sunday under an Interstate Commerce Commission coal saving order. Trains Nos 21 and 6, coal burners on Milwaukee to Janesville route, will be curtailed on Sundays. North Western to follow. Government order lasts to March 8 or sooner if crisis ends.
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New Schedule for Hearing on Waukesha Telephone Rate Boost
Wisconsin Telephone Co asked the state public service commission for a rate increase projected to raise income by 5.863 million dollars annually. The hearing, attended by company officials and outside experts, reviewed proposed per-site hikes and a state-wide system approach affecting 13 cities including Waukesha.
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Wisconsin Telephone Co
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PSC
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Columbia
Cooney
Oconomowoc
Municipalities Defense Committee
Richard Hippenmeyer
Hippenmeyer
Wisconsin Weather Forecast Parts and Temperatures
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a warmer trend in the north Tonight mainly 5 to 10 above in the north and 10 in the south High near 33 in the north and near 30 in the south Saturday Low temperatures around 7 to 14 with a peak near 33 during the day Mostly cloudy conditions persist with a minimum around 7 as yesterday's temperature range shows highs in the mid 30s and lows near 1 to 7 The almanac notes sunrise around 4 33 and a bright star in the southern sky while northern areas remain cooler and east winds ease
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